Carrie Daniels (basketball)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 25, 1972 Scottsburg, IN |
| Playing career | |
| 1992–96 | Austin Paey |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1996–99 | UNLV (asst.) |
| 1999–2006 | Western Kentucky (asst.) |
| 2006–15 | Austin Paey |
Carrie Daniels, née Thompson, (born November 25, 1972) is an American college basketball coach and the former head women's coach at Austin Peay State University (APSU) in Clarksville, Tennessee.[1] The Austin Peay Lady Governors are members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) and compete in the NCAA's Division I.[2]
Biography
A native of Scottsburg, Indiana Carrie Thompson attended Austin Peay after earrning All-American honors as a senior at Scottsburg High School. At APSU, she starred on its first team to qualify for the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament in 1996. That season, she was awarded APSU's Joy Award, which is presented annually to the university's top athlete. She was presented the 1995 Wilma Rudolph Award,[3] given by the National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics[4] to "...honor student athletes who have overcome great personal, academic, and/or emotional odds to achieve academic success while participating in intercollegiate athletics..." after missing most of the 1995–96 with a heart ailment. She earned her bachelor's degree from Austin Peay in 1996 and a master's degree in education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1999.[5] She is married to Billy Daniels, who played for the APSU men's basketball team during the time she was playing on the women's teaam. They have one son, Dalton.[6]
Coaching career
Following her graduation from APSU, Daniels spent three years on the coaching staff of the women's basketball program at UNLV, serving as assistant coach to LaDonna Wilson-McClain, then as director of basketball operations to Regina Miller. She then was an assistant to three different head coaches during a seven-year stint at Western Kentucky University. On June 16, 2006, Daniels was named head coach of her alma mater. In her first six seasons, she led her teams to two OVC tournament titles and subsequent appearances in the NCAA tournament. With the first tournament title, she became the first APSU graduate to coach one of its teams into an NCAA tournament; with the second, she was the first APSU coach to qualify for an NCAA appearance twice.[6] On March 9, 2015, it was announced that Daniels' contract had not been renewed. In April 2015, Clarksville Academy announce Carrie Daniels as the new head girls basketball coach.[7]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Peay State University (Ohio Valley Conference) (2006–Present) | |||||||||
| 2006–07 | Austin Peay | 10–20 | 9–11 | 8th tie | |||||
| 2007–08 | Austin Peay | 6–23 | 3–17 | 10th | |||||
| 2008–09 | Austin Peay | 17–16 | 10–8 | 5th tie | 0–1 (NCAA) | ||||
| 2009–10 | Austin Peay | 15–18 | 11–7 | 3rd | 0–1 (NCAA) | ||||
| 2010–11 | Austin Peay | 15–18 | 12–6 | 5th | |||||
| 2011–12 | Austin Peay | 9–22 | 5–11 | 8th tie | |||||
| 2012–13 | Austin Peay | 7–21 | 2–14 | 6th West | |||||
| 2013–14 | Austin Peay | 12–18 | 6–10 | 5th West | |||||
| 2014–15 | Austin Peay | 10–20 | 7–9 | t-7th | |||||
| Total: | 101–176 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ "Basketball Coaching Staff". Austin Peay State University. Archived from the original on August 24, 2011. Retrieved March 9, 2012.
- ↑ Let's Go Peay – Official site of Austin Peay Athletics
- ↑ (PDF) http://nfoura.org/about/documents/Past-Wilma-Rudolph-Award-Winners.pdf. Retrieved March 10, 2012. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ National Association of Academic Advisors for Athletics
- ↑ "Class Notes – 1990s". UNLV Magazine. (Fall 2004)
- 1 2 "Bio – Carrie Daniels". APSU Athletics.
- ↑ http://clarksvillenow.com/local/clarksville-academy-names-carrie-daniels-new-head-coach-for-girls-basketball/